Ultra Weekend

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B0009J2SDY
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,009 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Filthy/Gorgeous [Paper Faces Vocal Mix Edit][Edit] - Scissor Sisters

2. Lift Me Up [Mylo Remix] - Moby

3. Krafty [the Passengerz Remix] - New Order

4. Everything [Kaskade's Big Room Mix] - Kaskade

5. Back to Basics [Main Vocal Mix] - Shape: UK

6. Love on My Mind [Club Mix] - Freemasons

7. Take Me Away [Stonebridge 12" Mix] - Stonebridge

8. Little Love [Original Extended Version] - Alex Gaudino

9. Star to Fall [Club Mix] - Cabin Crew

10. Freek U [Full Intention Club Mix] - Bon Garcon

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Disc: 2

1. Here I Am [Kaskade Remix] - David Morales

2. Most Presious Love [Df's Future 3000 Mix] - Underground Dance Artists United For Life

3. Into Your Eyes [Club Mix] - Armand Van Helden

4. Destroy Rock & Roll [Tom Neville Remix] - Mylo

5. Geht's Noch? - Roman Flugel

6. Pump Up the Jam [Kurd Maverick AKA Gians Crowd Is Jumpin' Mix] - D.O.N.S.

7. B**** [Club Extended] - Dave McCullen

8. Sound of the Drum [Anthony Acid and Peter Bailey Original Club Mix] - Suzanne Palmer

9. Doesn't Really Matter [Friscia & Lamboy Mix] - Murk

10. Till There Was You [Gabriel & Dresden Club Mix] - Rachael Starr

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Few electronic compilations are as dependably great as the Ultra series, which has turned out top-shelf classics like Ultra Chilled 01 and Ultra Trance 03. As advertised, Ultra Weekend offers up two discs worth of bleeping party anthems without leaning on obvious candidates like Fatboy Slim and the Chemical Brothers. Instead we get a precisely executed mix of the known (New Order), notable (Mylo) and blissfully obscure (Roman Flügel), each offering a steady rhythm and pulse-quickening melody. There are several high-points along the way, including Scissor Sisters' "Filthy/Gorgeous [Paper Faces Vocal Mix Edit]" and Armand Van Helden's "Into Your Eyes [Club Mix]," but it's best taken as a whole. Preferably with a lampshade over your head. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kristin Davis, get your groove on!, November 10, 2005

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This review is from: Ultra Weekend (Audio CD)

The Ultra series tries to have it both ways with a high-concept split between "Friday" and "Saturday" discs, which is not at all a bad idea. Trouble is, instead of two discs worth of "sexy house" you get, to put it complimentarily, two discs worth of classy house, perhaps aimed at the "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" crowd, though I think they'll demand something a little more exciting! These are glossy, grown-up dance tracks with little to complain about by way of the cheese factor: this is mostly fine sunny Sunday afternoon at the beach house, hang-the-mistletoe Christmas Eve houseparty house, dotcom office-party house. It's all well and good as dance music to kiss under the stairwell to, or to dance to while sober and without feeling too embarassed, but it just doesn't have much damn oomph!

Of course, this depends upon your mood and taste, and I did find myself enjoying it. The "Friday" disc is, as noted, pretty homogenous neo-disco type cuts, and around the time "Back to Basics" shows up, it's working a pretty dependable groove, though only "Freek U" really stands out. The "Saturday" disc is a bit more varied, often tilting towards an electro/French house vibe (by way of that dependable Englishman Jacques LeCont with Juliet's "Avalon" for the closer) and including a nice section of progressive house that includes the terrific "Sound of the Drum" and the amusing White Girl Robot vocals on "Till There Was You". This adds up to a bit more excitement overall, but it hardly adds up to a must-have set. That beach photography is no musical accident either: this is the kind of house that sounds like the DJ was spinning with seashells over his ears. Overall, it's not a total loss as a Weekend, but it doesn't deliver anything Ultra.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Driving Music, October 11, 2006

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Jason Seitz (Laguna Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Amazon recommended this album today and I've had it for over a year and still cue it up on my iPod when I'm in the car. It's perfect for a pool or beach day. I can understand why another reviewer thought the album was bland although bland is somewhat of a harsh way to describe it. If you're looking for intense, get on your feet, 3 AM after hours music this is not the album you want. Granted, you would probably not be interested in this compilation based on the release date if you're looking for cutting edge dance.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ultra fine!, August 1, 2005

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M. Haidle (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultra Weekend (Audio CD)

Awesome compilation CD. Beyond my exspectations. Great CD to get the party started! I have recommended it to all my friends.